Ciao a tutti! I self-studied Italian for 5 months, with almost no focus on speaking. In January 2019, I joined a language challenge (Add1 Challenge) with a goal of having a 15-minute conversation with a native speaker at the end of 90 days. Along the way, I had to video myself speaking Italian (Day 0, Day 30, Day 60, and the final 15-minute conversation). All these videos are posted, as required by the challenge, to my YouTube account https://www.youtube.com/user/SPFischer1. Since then, I have continued to study daily (though I had to take an 8-month pause on italki). I have so much Italian in my head but I often can't say what I want to. I struggle with everyday, off-the-cuff conversations. I love traveling, dining out, the theatre, photography, city life and, of course, Italy! I would love to find someone who would enjoy helping me talk about these things and more as I continue my language learning journey. Patience and a good sense of humor will go a long way! 😀